In vain, foolish heart

  "Your Highness, thirty strokes have been completed!"

  That sharp voice rang out again, Xiao Zongrong was still a bit unaccustomed to it, but she secretly took a deep breath. If she continued to fight like this, the second life she had gained from crossing over would probably not be preserved either.

  "Yes, go to Xiao Fu and pass on the imperial edict from the empress dowager, let the Xiao family come and take him back for discipline!"

  The man finished speaking, furrowed his brow and glanced at Xiao Congrong, saying coldly: "You go back and reflect on your mistakes, remember this lesson. If there's a next time, even the Xiao family's golden pardon won't be able to save you... Hmph!"

  The man stood up straight, seemingly not wanting to look at her again, turned around and left with a flick of his sleeve. When he went out the door, those guards with knives also turned around and followed him out.

  Xiao Congrong stared at them as they left, numb and unable to move, only able to think with his mind what had happened to this body that shared the same name and surname as him, and was actually beaten to death with thirty rods...

  If it weren't for her crossing over, this body would have been dead by now!

  All the footsteps disappeared, and the two maids who were kneeling on the ground finally lifted their heads with a quiver, looked at the door with a guilty conscience, made sure no one was there, and then stumbled over to her, crying out in a low voice: "Miss, Miss, how are you?"

  Xiao Zongrong raised his eyes to look at them, and the two faces were covered with tear stains, their eyes were swollen, just now they lowered their heads, listening to her being scolded, the little maids were also crying?

  "Your Highness has really succeeded this time, Miss Fang, you have a deep affection for him..."

  A little girl knelt on one side, looking at her injuries all over her body, holding her hand and not knowing where to start, crying and saying: "Beaten like this, he's really ruthless!"

  Xiao Congrong felt extremely uncomfortable as she crawled, feeling like she was about to suffocate. She raised her hand and hoarsely said to the maid: "Help me... get down!"

  Two maids came to support her, Xiao Zongrong didn't expect this body to be so fragile, and as soon as she leaned over, she fell off the long bench, pressing down on the maid's body. Her whole body hurt like it was being torn apart by five horses, exceeding her endurance, and a wave of sweetness filled her mouth as she spat out a mouthful of black blood before fainting.

  Dazed and confused, she lay there, with occasional crying sounds coming from beside her ear, and some images flashing in her mind like a montage, seemingly memories of another owner of this body, entwining her reluctantly.

  "Brother Yuan, Rongrong likes you... Rongrong really likes you..."

  "He Dongxi, don't take Yuan Gege away... I hate you... I will never forgive you..."

  "I want to marry Yuan Gege, I won't marry anyone else... even if you say I'm cheap, say I don't know shame... even if this feeling is not tolerated by heaven and earth, I will only marry him..."

  Innumerable faces flashed through his mind, with sorrowful, angry, contemptuous, and mocking expressions...and so on.

  Xiao Zongrong was dazed and confused, his whole body feeling cold and then hot, one moment as if he was being roasted in a furnace, the next as if he was walking on ice, completely unaware of what was happening around him.

  In a daze, I heard the sound of scolding and the crying of the little maid, then a sharp female voice clearly floated into my ears: "What are you crying about? She deserved to die. Who told her not to know what's good for her and fight with our young lady..."